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Find out the latest news from the bookselling industry. You will learn all about the business of audiobooks, ebooks, manga, newspapers, and digital magazines.

New York Times Plans to Expand via Digital into Other Countries

The New York Times attracts over 40 million readers to its website…

Zinio Takes Z-Pass out of Beta

Zinio has officially launched its new Z-Pass digital magazine subscription service after…

Cary Goldstein Joins Simon & Schuster

There is some big news that just happened in the publishing industry…

ProQuest Completes the Acquisition of EBL and Explains What It All Means

Proquest has officially acquired Ebook Library and this new acquisition greatly enhances…

Apple Fires Back at the Justice Department in iBooks Trial

The USA Justice Department was looking into allegations that Apple colluded with…

Hachette Book Group Sees Strong Gains with Digital Books

Hachette Book Group has publicized its Q1 financial results and digital is…

Vancouver Public Library Discusses Urban Green Space and eBooks

The Vancouver Public Library is the largest library in British Columbia and…

The Good e-Reader Magazine Relaunches

The Good e-Reader Magazine was a pet project of ours when we…

The Bibliotech Digital Library Talks About eBooks

Bexar County in San Antonio will be launching the first pure digital…

Baker and Taylor Discusses Axis 360 and eBook Pilot Programs

Over the course of the last few decades, Baker and Taylor has…

E Ink Holdings Is Raising More Capital via 60 Million New Shares

E Ink Holdings, best known for the screens found on the Kobo…

How Hotels Can Benefit with Tablet Adoption

Hotels are starting to adopt tablets more and more into the business…

O’Reilly Tools of Change Conference Discontinued

Tim O’Reilly announced today that the annual conference will be suspended and the…

2012 eBook Sales Increased by 66% in the UK

2012 saw the rise of the digital book and the entire book…

FastPencil Sells Publishing Business to Courier

FastPencil is a multilevel ebook distribution platform for both indie and established…

Bolivia Removes VAT Tax from Book Sales

The president of Bolivia Evo Morales has signed a new law today…

HarperCollins to Launch Mystery Imprint ‘Witness’ This October

HarperCollins intends on launching a new digital imprint entitled “Witness” this October.…

Trekstor Announces the Pyrus Maxi e-Reader – Lawsuit May Prevent Its Release

Trekstor has seen a little bit of success with its Pyrus Mini…

Barnes and Noble Reduces Cost of Nook e-Readers in the UK

Barnes and Noble has slashed the entry level price point for a…

Book Expo America Keynote – The Future of the Book

The entire publishing industry is undergoing a paradigm shift, as all players…

Tablet Usage Growing in the Hotel Industry

Hotels are beginning to move into a more eco-friendly direction to save…

Instapaper Sold to Betaworks

Betaworks garnered some attention in the tech world when it purchased social…

New York Times Removes Digital Videos from Paywall

The New York Times announced today that it is removing all videos…